15 Creative Ice Cream Flavors You Can Make at Home

Summer is half-dedicated to being out in the blazing sun soaking up the rays while they’re available and half about finding ways to cool off so you don’t melt into a puddle during those sweltering days.

Ice cream plays a crucial role in our cool-down plan of action, and while we promise we’ve done our due diligence and spent hours in front of the freezer section, there’s nothing quite like some DIY ice cream realness. So we propose a new hobby: artisan ice cream maker. Just for the summer! It’s all in the name of self-care and science, really. On board? Great. Here are the homemade ice cream flavors we’d be happy to taste test for you.

1. Blueberry cheesecake ice cream

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Not only is summertime ice cream season, it’s also blueberry season. We’re not sure what season cheesecake technically belongs in, but we can tell you blueberry cheesecake ice cream is a delicious combo to make at home.

2. Birthday cake ice cream

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We’re not sure why birthday cake is reserved for birthdays, but nobody’s going to think twice about diving into this birthday cake ice cream whether it’s the anniversary of your birth, your half-birthday or somewhere in between.

3. Maple-walnut ice cream

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Walnuts are a healthy nut, and maple is a natural sugar, which basically makes this maple-walnut ice cream a superfood, right?

4. Cinnamon Toast Crunch ice cream

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Sorry, Froot Loops; we’re sure you’d be a tasty ice cream too. But let’s throw it back to the cereal of our childhoods with this Cinnamon Toast Crunch ice cream.